Hat-pin protector.



J. J. SIMMONDS. HAT PIN PROTECTOR. APPLICATION FILED JAN. 8, 1912.

1,058,914. Patented Apr. 15, 1913.

Witnesses Inventor Attorneys JOHN J'. SIMMONDS, OF IOLA, KANSAS.

' HAT-PIN PROTECTOR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 15, 1913.

Application filed January 8, 1912. Serial No. 669,999.

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that 1, JOHN J. SIMMONDS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Iola, in the county of Allen and State of Kansas, have invented a new and useful Hat-Pin Protector, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to hat pin guards or protectors, and has for its object to provide a simple, inexpensive, serviceable and ellicient article of this character which will prevent the injuries occasioned to innocent bystanders by accidental contact with the points of hat pins which are worn with the points unprotected.

This invention further contemplates an article of this character capable of being readily attached to the point of a hat pin, which shall be normally retained against accidental removal, and which may readily be removed manually.

To the above ends, this invention is embodied in the novel construction and combination of parts hereinafter described and claimed, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, wherein similar refer ence characters indicate similar parts and wherein: V

Figure 1 is an elevation of a hat pin, parts broken away, with the protector applied thereto. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal central section of the protector. Fig. 3 is a similar view taken on a plane at right angles to the plane of the section of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is an enlarged sectional detail on the line 4-4 of Fig. 2. Fig. 5 is an enlarged sectional detail taken on the line 55 of Fig. 3.

Referring specifically to the drawings, the hat pin has been designated by the numeral (5 and the head thereof by the numeral 7, the head being shown as being globular.

The protector comprises a globular shell 8, and a tube 9 arranged diametrically therein and having one end secured to one side of the shell 8 and having the other end projecting through the other side of the shell, the latter end being flared to form the entrance mouth 12 for the point of the pin. This tube 9 in proximity to the inner end thereof, has a pair of diametrically opposed rigid instruck portions 13 therein formed by flattening the opposite sides of the tube, the intermediate portions of the said instruck portions being parallel and forming an elongated slot 16 transversely of the tube 9. The instruck portions 13 are shown as being in the upper and lower sides of the tube 9. In proximity to the entrance of the tube 9 a spring tongue 10 is struck inwardly from the tube, the'said tongue having the free end thereof 11 bent parallel to the axis of the tube 9 andin a plane parallel to the plane of the slot 16, the free end of the said tongue projecting inwardly. This tongue 10 is struck inwardly fro-m the same side of the tube 9 as one of the inst-ruck portions 13. The tube 9 and shell 8 are constructed of suitable metal, and the exterior of the shell 8 is preferably plated or otherwise finished, or if desired, the shell 8 andthe head 7 may be finished alike.

In use, upon the introduction of the point of the pin into the tube 9, the point of the pin will strike the tongue 10 and deflect same outwardly, and the point will then engage between the instruck portions 13, which inst-ruck portions frictionally receive and clamp the point of the pin and prevent the point of the pin from passing therethrough so as to stop the inward movement of the pin. The tongue 10 having an inward tension at right angles to the plane of the slot 16 will tend to normally swing the pin and yieldingly bind the point thereof between the inner and outer corners 15 and 14, respectively, of the upper and lower instruck portions 13. The point of the pin in being made to bind between the instruck portions 13 is prevented from accidental disengagement, and the protector may be readily removed by swinging same slightly relative to the pin against the tension of the spring tongue 10, whereupon the binding effect of the point of the pin is relieved, thus permitting the pin to be withdrawn from the protector. The entrance or mouth of the tube 9 being flared facilitates the introduction of the point of the pin into the tube 9. The spring tongue 10 in frictionally engaging the pin 6 also assists in retaining the protector upon the pointed end of the pin in addition to swinging the pin to bind the point thereof between the instruck portions.

This protector or guard is comparatively simple in construction and may therefore be constructed or manufactured at a small cost, and the same is also both serviceable and eflicient for the purposes for which it is designed.

It is also preferable to provide an eye 17 secured to the guard for the attachment of a chain or the like.

Having described the invention, What is claimed as new is:

1. A hat pin protector embodying a tube for the introduction of the point of a pin and having diametrically opposite rigid instruck portions to frictionally receive and clamp the point of the pin and prevent the point of the pin from passing therethrough and having a spring tongue struck inwardly to engage the pin and swing the same to yieldingly bind the :point of the pin between the instruck portions.

2. A hat pin protector embodying a tube for the introduction of the point of a pin and having diametrically opposite rigid i-nstruck portions to friotionally receive and clamp the point of the pin and stop the inward movement of the pm, the intermediate portions of the said instruck portions being parallel, and the said tube having a spring 20 tongue struck inwardly in proximity to the entrance end of the tube in such a manner as to frictionally engage the pin and swing same to yieldingly bind the point of the pin between the instruck portions.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto afiixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

JOHN J. SIMMONDS. lVit-nesses P. FULLER, BURTON E. Cmrrono.

Oopiesv'of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner oLPatents. Washington, D. 0. 

